Fatal coaster accidents [Archive]

Z@X

06-30-2006, 08:37 PM

At goliath at SFMM, a girl didn't sit in the seat correctly and jumped out (on purpose) just before the first drop. At least thats what ive heard.

Z@X

06-30-2006, 08:40 PM

Never mind that, it was a 28 year old woman and she died due to excessive G-force. (stupid rumors)

Oh yeah, and there was that rockin roller coaster incident a few days ago that everyons talking about.

hotroddude

06-30-2006, 08:41 PM

wait today?

EDIT: either way that still sucks

Z@X

06-30-2006, 08:49 PM

nah, post accidents you know that happened in any park, any time.

Alpengeist

06-30-2006, 08:53 PM

never mind.

bowler4ever

06-30-2006, 10:20 PM

Remember that guy that fell out of (I think he fell out of) Superman: ROS (SFNE)?

TopxXThrill

06-30-2006, 10:51 PM

some guy stood up on the drop of splash mountain and the log ran over him on the way down.. or at least i think thats what happened

Z@X

06-30-2006, 11:30 PM

Thunder mountian at disneyland crashed back in 2003 killing one person and injuring 10

hotroddude

07-01-2006, 12:13 AM

^ yeah i remember that and i think it was caused by a loose bolt...i really dont trust disney anymore.

didnt a mechanic get hit by one of Goliaths trains while he was in the tunnel? i think i heard this sometime last year but maybe im wrong...

Zonga

07-01-2006, 02:05 AM

/\ You're thinking of the employee who got hit and killed on Scream.

hotroddude

07-01-2006, 02:34 AM

oh yeah thats probably wat it was. what a horrible way to die :(.

soundgodz

07-01-2006, 04:31 AM

Remember that guy that fell out of (I think he fell out of) Superman: ROS (SFNE)?
Because of that, Six Flags retrofitted the trains on all three rides with an ankle holder as well as the lapbar. But Cedar Fair didn't bother to on Millenium Force.

JayAC

07-01-2006, 06:04 AM

There was that girl who fell 120ft from the top of Hydro at Oakwood leisure park. Not sure how she fell out though.

Cyberleader

07-01-2006, 06:48 AM

^She stood up

Stuff happens, you're more likely to get killed by driving five miles. Rollercoaster and thrill rides (I would say especially Disney) are some of the safest things in existence!

live_the_thrill

07-01-2006, 06:55 AM

I wouldn’t always blame the parks maintenance. People are stupid, like why would you stand up on the top of a drop, or personally loosen you’re restraint. Then when something does happen, the family sues the park for their child’s (normally is a child) stupidity.

Phil

07-01-2006, 09:03 AM

Agreed. The people who made the rollercoasters clearly aren't gonna be idiots. CyberLeader is correct. You'll have more chance of dying driving 5 miles than riding a rollercoaster.

okinawaboy11

07-01-2006, 12:29 PM

KingdaKa1

07-01-2006, 02:16 PM

I think I remember hearing a man fell to his death when his cable snapped while working on BBW at BGE. I also heard that the same thing happened with Ninja at SFOG.

BMXer75

07-06-2006, 03:50 AM

I know this isn't true but I heard it not to long ago, and had to show it. One of my friend's told me that on Titan (SFoT) someone was listening to there Ipod on the ride. On the first drop the headphones got yanked out of her ears and rapped around her neck, and eventually strangled her.

Cyberleader

07-06-2006, 06:13 AM

You do of course know the REAL reason for Disney removing Horizons -

I died on Horizons due to excessive G-Force!

BorisTheFish

07-06-2006, 06:20 AM

There was the worker at Lake Compounce got struck by dash (also a (some?) deaths by drowning in the lake)
Mindbender @ Galaxyland has that almost infamous crash, that led to it no longer running the fourth train.

Cyberleader

07-06-2006, 07:12 AM

I died on Super Dragon (http://www.rcdb.com/id817.htm) Due to Excessive G-Force :rolleyes:

Matandmel05

07-07-2006, 09:44 AM

You do of course know the REAL reason for Disney removing Horizons -

Yeah, those g-forces were out of control!!! lol

lakeccrunner

07-07-2006, 08:31 PM

Because of that, Six Flags retrofitted the trains on all three rides with an ankle holder as well as the lapbar. But Cedar Fair didn't bother to on Millenium Force.

Thats because nothing like that has ever happened on Millennium Force... and how exactly did the man on SROS get ejected from the train, was it his fault? or was it the rides fault?

kylr23

07-07-2006, 08:58 PM

ok more stuff i hurd thats is true top gun sfmm i think a guy lost his hat under a part of the coaster after his ride he jumped the fences to grab his hat and the coaster came a womans foot hit him killing him what happend 1.the ladys foot was broken 2.the guy died 3.he won a darwin aword:haha: . also a non rollercoaster assident the astrophere at funtown burst in to flames luckly no one was hurt thats why they cover there wires now:rolleyes:

aennilQ

07-07-2006, 09:46 PM

You know, theres that one moment when you are tempted to do something really stupid. At least I have had that moment. Not anything like standing up on a ride, life-threatening stupidity, but little stuff. Last time i rode Pirates of the Cariibbean, I was tempted to put my had in the water next to the boat, where the track edge was. But I didnt. It really was a strong urge though.

bowler4ever

07-07-2006, 10:07 PM

Thats because nothing like that has ever happened on Millennium Force... and how exactly did the man on SROS get ejected from the train, was it his fault? or was it the rides fault?
it's hard to say, since he had some sort of medical condition, but I think he took his seatbelt off, causing him to fly out

kylr23

07-07-2006, 10:11 PM

somtimes stupinitys is good removing you self from the gene pool jk ya anouther one took back a long time ago at oob (old orchered beach) a wooden coaster burnt down from a unknown sorce even today num of killed i dont know its not recorded. Also i think anouther persion died on mind eraeser when it got stuck up side down:noob:

BoRJoYZeE

07-08-2006, 02:02 AM

It was a long time ago around 1993 to 1996, but this teenager decided to have a wonderful idea. "Hey! I have an idea. How about I take off my seat belt while I ride this ride!". This happen at Worlds of Fun on Timber Wolf, a wooden coaster. She fell out on the first drop. She tried to change seats before the train went down the hill.

And I ask, Why?

hotroddude

07-08-2006, 02:08 AM

^ wow what an idiot.....didnt something similar happen on the matterhorn? like someone stood up and ended up leaving their head behind?

Frito

07-15-2006, 11:29 PM

There was that dumb broad that stood up on Raven @ HW and got ejected and turned into a human pinball machine on the way down. Then theres the Asian kid that wiggled his scrawny butt out of the harness on Shockwave @ PKD to see if he could. Wonder if he realized that was probably a bad idea before he hit a support beam and died?

aoshi

07-15-2006, 11:39 PM

I know I did.

Jester_GCR

07-17-2006, 03:11 PM

http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin1999-26.html

http://ip.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/11/5/309

Computer Geek

07-18-2006, 09:24 PM

At Six Flags America someone fell out of Two Face: the Flipside in like 2001

BMXer75

07-18-2006, 10:08 PM

At goliath at SFMM, a girl didn't sit in the seat correctly and jumped out (on purpose) just before the first drop. At least thats what ive heard.

If you jump out of you seat on a coaster... You are the Weakest Link, goodbye.

Petmaster

07-21-2006, 12:12 PM

^^sad, stupid, but sad...thats like a deathwish ^^

khmaster

07-25-2006, 01:08 PM

:rolleyes:
Lol.

I think I read somewhere somebody stood up on SM and lost their head. They couldn't find the head...

Wouldn't that be creepy to see a dislodged head on the track of Space Moutian?

hotroddude

07-25-2006, 02:42 PM

i thought that was on the matterhorn, maybe it happened on both ( i wouldnt be too suprised if it did :haha: )

brogshy

07-25-2006, 02:54 PM

I didn't hear anything about anyone ON matterhorn, but I do know as a FACT that someone fell out of the ski lift that used to go up to matterhorn and back down. That's why the ski lift ride closed, it was built like a real ski lift but it DID have a safety bar, and someone leaned over too far! Some people ruin the best rides by not following the rules, if I remember correctly it DID say not to lean over, plus I think the person was really big... or maybe too small, anyways the point is that was a good ride that I miss.

coasterfreak044

08-06-2006, 07:03 PM

you know that kid that died on rnrc? i was in the resort when it happened, my uncle told me, but i didn't believe it till i saw it on the 11 o clock news. also did any one else hear about the cable breaking on ttd? or is that a rumor too.

Haggath

08-06-2006, 07:34 PM

^ Dont know about the cable breaking but there was a cable car ride where a maintenence guy was checking one of the towers and the ride just automatically started. he went along with it. he held on for about a minute then fell 40 ft to his death. Infact yeah i do know about the cable breaking on ttd. it snapped and sent shards of metal into the air. all that came back was a train of blood covered passengers

KingdaKa1

08-11-2006, 07:03 AM

I remember hearing that some guy wz on a B&M stand-up (not sure which one) and fell out because he didn't pull his restraints all the way down.

Most fatal accidents r people just being plain stupid.

EDIT: Yes, the cable did snap. Metal shards were shot out everywhere, and people were all cut up, I think 2 were sent to the hospital. I was there for CoasterCon XXVII, a week r so before the incident happnd. It was acting up, it was closed Sunday Night, ALL Monday, And Tues.Night. (When we had r ERTs). I heard they needed to get a replacement part from Intamin.

Sadly, KK's accident was worse because the brake fins were up when KK launched, caused a HUGE mess, was closed Jun6th-Aug17th.